How many colleges are TOO many to apply to?

kenone
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:06:18 +0000

I can tell you right now… you’re not going to be wiriting essays for more than 15 colleges, unless a lot of your choices are colleges that don’t require essays or use the common app without additional essay supplements. I applied to 9 colleges, almost all of which were common app, and I still had to write around 12 essays (which really sucked). So unless you would enjoy spending an ungodly amount of time writing essays I would recommend narrowing down your list considerably.